Direct from Maine USA, we’re super excited to welcome to Australia, master of comic book horror, cult comic book icon, Joseph Schmalke!
Joseph will be joining us for Geek Expo Canberra, July 18th and 19th at Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC)!
Not just a comic creator, Schmalke founded and heads up his own publisher Midnight Factory Comics! A truly international comic publishing house, with branches on opposite sides of the world, Midnight Factory is home to horror, sci-fi, and the bizarre!
An absolute powerhouse of a creator, Joe’s solo work includes Seven Years in Darkness, We Don’t Kill Spiders, The Infernal Pact, and Cherry Blackbird, collaborating with others on
Murder Hobo, One Last Trick, Prophets of Doom, Phantom Starkiller, The Electric Black, and the upcoming Coffin Girls!!
His artwork has been featured on variant covers for Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, Vault Comics, Mad Cave, Behemoth/Sumerian Comics, Source Point Press, Archie Comics, IDW and more, creating some of the most iconic covers for titles like Something is Killing the Children, Exquisite Corpses, MASK, Ice Cream Man and Bug Wars to just name a few! You can also find his artwork on exclusive Marvel Entertainment merchandise, Super 7 toy card/box art and album covers!
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to meet Joseph and an all-star line-up of comic book talent in Canberra! We’ll also have a range of very limited exclusives only available at the event! Premiering for the first time COFFIN GIRLS #1, MURDER HOBO SIDEQUEST #0 GEEK EXPO EXCLUSIVE, and SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS SEVENTY TWO KEYS #1 GEEK EXPO FOIL EXCLUSIVE! These will be available from Joseph in the Midnight Factory booths.
Geek Expo returns to Canberra for two massive days at EPIC.
This is our largest Canberra event of the year, bringing together an expanded lineup of artists, exhibitors, and pop culture experiences across the entire weekend.
Across both days you’ll find:
• Artists, creators, and illustrators
• Traders and pop culture retailers
• Comics, collectibles, and fandom gear
• Panels, features, and interactive experiences
Whether you attend one day or both, Geek Expo Canberra is the ultimate mid-year celebration of geek culture.
📍 Exhibition Park in Canberra
📅 July 18–19 | 🕙 9am–4pm
EVENT INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/2424478958008158